Put a Little Drama in your Life
2/14/11 PAT LAUNER Creating a Play within a Play Patch.com Encinitas A story about storytelling. About male friendship. And about a little piece of Canadian history. Eh? ( as they say in Canada ). “It kind of Read More →
2/14/11 Pat Launer Sassy Southern Belles Settle in Coronado Patch.com - Coronado When you set foot into Truvy’s, you’re walking into a world of women – with all the love, support, sniping, griping, gossip and warm-hearted jocularity that entails. The home-based hair salon is the center of the social universe for the females of Chinquapin Read More →
2/12/11 PAT LAUNER Patch.com Encinitas The national tour of the family-friendly pop musical swoops in for a one-night stand at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts With her super powers and her fearless sidekick, Barrio Grrrl fights for Truth, Justice and the American Way Read More →
2/9/11 PAT LAUNER Patch.com Encinitas and Carlsbad Two local performers relish their roles in a Southern California premiere A dissolute hippie goes head-to-head with an ambitious immigrant. Nope, it’s not the daily news. It’s “Superior Donuts,” the latest play by Chicago-based, Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning playwright Tracy Letts, having its Read More →
2/1/11 PAT LAUNER May the Farce be with you Patch.com Coronado Cross-dressing. Mistaken identity. Mayhem, mixups and machinations. And a few slamming doors. There must be a farce in town. Playwright Ken Ludwig knows his way around wacky comedies (“Lend Me a Tenor,” “Moon Over Buffalo”), and maybe “Leading Ladies” isn’t his best. But Read More →
1/30/11 PAT LAUNER May the Farce be with you Patch.com Coronado Cross-dressing. Mistaken identity. Mayhem, mixups and machinations. And a few slamming doors. There must be a farce in town. Playwright Ken Ludwig knows his way around wacky comedies (“Lend Me a Tenor,” “Moon Over Buffalo”), and maybe “Leading Ladies” isn’t his best. But Read More →
“San Diego is a hotbed of theater. Every year, I see 200-250 productions. This is fertile ground for new work. In addition to the prodigious local talent, theatermakers from around the country come here to premiere their latest creations. San Diego sends more shows to Broadway than nearly any other city in the U.S.”
-Pat Launer